Abstract

The present account forms the second part of the series (Part I appeared in Vol.6(2), 1964 of the same Journal) giving information on the new records of fishes from the seas around India, and is based on the material collected from the Laccadive Archipelago. For localities of collection reference is invited to Fig. 28 in Part I. 18 species of fishes belonging to 9 families not hitherto recorded from the Central Indian Ocean are briefly described and figured here.